Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-26
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Hon. John r. ,.t To,n,,Io r. III
Iast S, ,;lsit i1c.ereu but critical
audience, on "T'
speare." .t o,o
tranaj ~ i.Ain, fool, showing
his service in thu wba, talas
the art of prin' "i'oi '"'o'
rb Tba .1lu' fo not said the lec-
trrar ,ooi Vi " historian to
whon, .I, M''s = led till the book
graJnaiii yho car Id the tale more
tam,y oahi him between its
lids. ~,
thro "a monarchs, the
' ;astor,a VI safety valve of
canJar niou' "More instruc-
flor a u once said, "is to
bo a,. oI pls than from wiser
men,"
Uo .,h n an errand from
Sb.Lo., her he wear crown,
caso,,o poa xcomb, is worthy of
ito n,oIs. Innings cluster upon
tho i;nos aessage, as blackber-
ries It, n vines that thrust
thar ell, ell reach and amid a
fanolo % ~ bush. Shakespeare's
scaSas 80 g. the theatre usually
affnrJs y, inexpressibe photo
pranbs u;;h in manifold form.
Tba ha,dq I the fool in possession
of tbo ~. stage, and dared not
han;sh J itimiliar of the benches.
Rnt ~ ing him as an ally, he
snh;anta IN to discipline; he
forbaJas actions on the
staoa cen the acts, exu-
barant ley were useless. Polite
soc;etv y may frown because the
fool Gakespeare appears, as it
wera /; shirt sleeves of language
at Tin, It that society consents that
d;ct;o,y be recklessly decollete if
emhetd by the fingers of Ere ch
uts and mellowed by lustre
From footlights. These fools,
wbosatences were loadel barrels
of J;expression, were always good
sent for our English tongue, not
badpated. The poets first essays
in direction were Launce and
Sne and if some mire stick to their
sbo they nevertheless mount a
napat is distinct from the vicious
iice long accorded to the clowns of
E,sh drama.
Pitkin then analysed the diff
fat fools of the Avon poets drama,
giving their purpose in the play and
fr singular bearing on the plot.
e kind-hearted clown in "Winter's
le," in his mistaken conception of
nat constitutes gentleman, deals a
lrust. among others, at some foolish
ok of our own time, who esteem it a
lappy chance of fortune that enables
hem to pull responsibility
ut of pork barrels, and regis
er its weight in bank books,
s a special recognition by heaven by
heir exceptional nobility of soul.
Gobbo is worthy of his new
master, the spendthrift Bassanio, yet
erves to the end the old master Shy
ock, whom he forsakes by turning the
nodish cap of his Christian betters,
nd showing upon his own silly head
is ready adaptation as FOOLS cap.
lie leaves the handle end of poker
n fervent Christian Goals to search
christian fingers that shall uplift it to
mite the Hebrew pate.
Mr.. Pitkin found even on the lips
f Portia and Bassanio further evil
lence of the bard's purpose to rebuke
he ignoble pursuit of a race, which,
n its flight from the sword had halted
t the stake, and against which the
monk had often thrown the cross as
'ludgeon to the mob.
The clown in Anthony and Cleopa-
ra thwarts a Caesar, and thrusts a
wasted life into a lower depth. The
clown in Hamlet ex-
ends the skull of the old court fool,
1orick, whose every word had once
,een an oracle to the prince. These
wo fools, the one living and the other
lead, burrowing like moles under the
evel along which wicked Pride walked
n ermine, bent Hamlet's fingers to
lighter clutch upon his sword. The
speaker was especially elaborate as to
his incident of the play.
In the "Tempest" Caliban is pro-
ection in shadow of the moral deform-
ty of Antonio and Stephano on that
II Sebastian. Trinculo, the fool,
,laims our heed of the coarse back and
agged, bent edges of the scenic can
vas before whose lustrous nobility by
Is craft exposes itself to be as ignoble
IS dirty butler and his viler ON
,lice Caliban. The great master sought
more than to win through these vaga-
,onds the coarse plaudits of the audi
nee of the pit, he sought to show that
he footprints left in the stealth OF pur-
uit by Sebastian and an Antonio
equally fit the feet of Stephano and
! Caliban.
In "As You Like 1t" the lecturer
declared Jacques greater fool than
and that the latter found
himself more and more out of place.
His care for Celia, continued Mr.. Pit
Kin, chastened him in self-respect.
His wit never scratches with the nail,
out touches with the finger-tip.
aCQucS, Sdtcu COuiliCi, hiioeohCo
. liver for heart, pinches his
1ostrils in the sweet, clear air of
Arden because he recalls the
,dors of the towns, hears the stealth of
,ourtiers' feet in every tremor of the
1oughs, and chuckle of insincerity
IN every gurgle of the brook. Arden
IS quiet realm where, beneath the
mellow frown and whispered hush OF
,aks, clear rills slip with modulated
laughter across sunny spaces into
woody twilights; where a cool, gener-
ous air makes quick the pulse, firm
the heel and clear the eye; where an
effeminate courtier must crouch and
5hiver in his velvets.
"In Twelfth Night" the only per-
son not fooled was the fool. He is al
ways alert, always looking askant to
catch the drift of the moment, always.
laying his foreinger along the pulse OF
the hand he strokes. This fool has
much clearer instincts than Touch
stone, and was much dearer to Shakes